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Background and reference layers:

GEBCO_08: The GEBCO_08 Grid is a 30 arc-second global bathymetry/topography grid. Released: January 2009, updated November 2009.
Copyright Text: IOC, IHO and BODC, 2009. Centenary Edition of the GEBCO Digital Atlas, published on CD-ROM on behalf of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Hydrographic Organization as part of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool, U.K.
Shaded-relief visualization by J. Varner, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA/NGDC.
ETOPO1: ETOPO1 Global Relief Model - Amante, C. and B. W. Eakins, ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-24, 19 pp, March 2009. Shaded-relief visualization by J. Varner and E. Lim, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA/NGDC.
Simple background: GSHHS version 2.0 (Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database)
Landscan Population: Landscan 2008 This product was made utilizing the LandScan 2008(TM) High Resolution global Population Data Set copyrighted by UT-Battelle, LLC, operator of Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the United States Department of Energy. The United States Government has certain rights in this Data Set. Neither UT-BATTELLE, LLC NOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUMES ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE DATA SET.
Imagery: ESRI World Imagery
National Geographic: ESRI/National Geographic Basemap
Boundaries/Labels:

World Maritime Boundaries: VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase (version 5.0, 2009)
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
World City Locations: ESRI Data and Maps DVDs
Geographic/marine region labels, country boundaries, state/province boundaries, rivers, lakes: Natural Earth Data

Plate Boundaries: Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
GIS files retrieved Mar. 2010 at http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/plates/data.htm.

Map projection:WGS84 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere); EPSG:3857.

Disclaimer: All international boundaries, maritime boundaries, and placenames are shown for general orientation and reference only; they do not necessarily represent official U.S. policy.

Version: 1.1, last updated Jan. 2012